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The Ukrainian military has no tank brigade left as they were all reorganized, sources in the Russian law enforcement agencies told TASS on August 2.
“There is not a single tank brigade left in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian Telegram channels, the 4th separate tank brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been reorganized into a separate heavy mechanized brigade,” a source said.
The 17th separate tank brigade, which was defeated near Olgovka in the Kursk direction in the winter of 2024, was also reorganized into a heavy mechanized brigade, the source added, noting that according to the accounts of captured Ukrainian soldiers, the brigade was sorely short of armored vehicles, which is why the tankers were used as regular infantry without cover.
The source went on to explain that the re-formation of the brigades cannot be called a promotion, because they lose the tank battalion when it changes into a mechanized one.
“Apparently, there are big problems with the supply of heavy armored vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but do you remember how happy they were with the Western Leopard and Abrams tanks? Where are they all now?” the source said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense says that Ukraine has lost more than 24,000 armored vehicles, including main battle tanks, since the start of the special military operation more than three years ago. Other sources specify that Ukraine has so far lost over 1,200 tanks.
Last month, Australia said that it had delivered the majority of the 49 pledged American-made M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine.
The tanks will likely last to the end of the year. Aside from these tanks, there has been no major pledges to rearm Kiev’s tank brigades.
Most of Soviet-era tanks in Europe were shipped to Ukraine early on in the conflict, and later on most separable Leopard 1/2 and Challenger 2 tanks were sent.
Ukraine’s backers could still ship a few dozen tanks to Ukraine from here and there sometime later. However, it is not completely illogical to assume that the Ukrainian military will not be able to build any credible ground offensive capabilities any time soon.
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and their mechanized brigade’s motor vehicle transports are now very environment friendly ebikes.
dude i’ve even seen them ukrainians fitting a dushka on anti-aircraft mount on the rear rack of them e-bikes and having an extra dude with night vision become the tail gunner.
how many has putler lost? to the point where they had to bring back their rusty t-50s and t-60s.
pathetic, even for defensive purposes.
whine and cope harder, the fags lost their equivalent of iraq.
because that’s all ukraine is for the west, it is for lgbt what iraq was for conservative christians.
who lost their equivalent of iraq? iraq lost a lot of russian tanks fighting the us.
ask doug macgregor, the us tank commander there, what he thinks of ukraine’s chances in this war.
well they lost it when they gave it to the kurds and those ran from isis. i remember the us humvees and together with saddams old scubs paraded around by isis in rakka.
when this retarded bozo the clown has to bring up “oryx” (which is western intelligence services with a false nose) you know they know they are f*cked.
as for “independent”, we saw how many “independent” media had to close down after the us state department funds were shut. don’t look up the definition for “independent”.
russia still produces and refusbishes tons of tanks a year while ukraine is sinking and rely on lies and cheap propaganda..
if southfront was truly independent, why would they not allow you to downvote their articles with 1 star? if you attempt to give it 1 star–it defaults to 4? i’m sorry, but that is not even remotely independent.
and as for free speech, you can barely talk in the comments without being censored (“waiting for approval” never gets approved).
i can commend southfront for one thing: not constantly deleting comments.
but otherwise, their opinions are full of sh!t.
your retarded brain has trouble with the definition of the word “independent” it seems.
independent does not mean you have to like it or they should please you in any way moron.
nobody forces you to come here if you don’t like it.
who says it’s independent. it’s clearly biased and i like it that way.
now take your silly paranoia off to another chat, chat.
i always follow the “kyiv independent’ when i want to get the latest fantasies zelensky’s circulating.
or like one youtuber likes to say “ukrainska pravda the beacon of democracy”
the west at this point has devalued the term independent just like terms tile ngo, humanitarian and many others by using them for other things. for the west independent means not dependent on others then the west.
thank you for your messages this is hilarious😂😂😂
hehehe 😂 vladolf is dusty also
independent open‑source researchers like oryx confirm that russia has lost over 4,000 tanks in ukraine (destroyed, damaged, abandoned, or captured).
facing severe shortages, russia has reactivated and deployed soviet-era tanks like the t‑62, t‑55, and even t‑54, which are 50–70 years old, mostly held in storage since the cold war.
these older models were brought in to make up for modern tank losses and battlefield attrition—not just t‑50s or t‑60s, but primarily t‑62s and t‑55s
and this is why the ukrainians have failed to dislodge the russians and continue to forfeit more territory every day. because of how successful they have been against the russians and because the russians are using obsolescent equipment due to that ukrainian success. nafomosexual logic presents again.
ukraine hasn’t failed.
putler’s russia has.
russia lost hundreds of thousands of their men, all just to be unable to take their next-door neighbor. 😆
us fought against nations in different continents and won. how about that?
there will be more russians after this conflict than before and russia will be stronger, to the point that the west is afraid now. that is without talking about the reputation hit that nato and the us will take.
you have to wonder were are these victories of the us you talk about ? afghanistan ? vietnam ?
the us always claims victory of course. as you are retarded, you will believe anything you like. who cares ? it doesn’t change reality.
those are some cool ruzzian wet dreams.
so you are back to your 3 years old child “no” period ?
you having no argument to defend yourself pretty much mean i’m right.
“there will be more russians after this conflict than before” 148 mln citizens before smo and 155 now.
you sir, are the human equivalent of an eggplant.
ma perché date tanta soddisfazione ad un troll (vero o computer) come questo chatgpt? ignoratelo
that’s an insult to eggplants! be nice to the eggplant.
quite true. the amerikunts defeated the mighty panamanian army and the grenada army, 2 military giants.
the usa wasn’t concerned about killing their cousins. most of those countries the usa fought were non-white foriegners. the russians and ukies do have a common origin. even if the ukies want to deny it. and usa people are also kind of fucked up in the head. i know, i live here.
it’s why they’re recruiting 70 year olds and pregnant women as well. those are sure fire signs of success. mark my words, putin’s days are numbered. right now, macron is assembling his mighty frog army to invade russia, berets and baguettes at the ready. and starmer is super glueing the submarines together to hit putin in the baltics. that should bring the tears to his eyes. it’s game over for johnny russian, by jingo.
british superglue proved to be so darn effective that macron asked him if he could use it on the bolts holding france’s reactors together.
is the neutron embrittlement that bad?!?!?
“nafomosexual logic presents again” bethlehem mental asylum has internet now, they are fighting for democracy.
yeah, independent and open source – like that belching cat, formerly known as the brown nosers. lol
wonder whatever happened to that elliot guy. didn’t he take a short walk off his balcony like that white helmet brit?
there are still many cia made videos and news stories made daily highlighting ukrainians false victories paid for by the us taxpayer to propagandize the masses . the war zionist mongers keep the lies flowing to print endless money to steal from taxpayers .
some of the world’s shortest books: honest western politicians; reliable western media outlets; achievements of donald trump; the jewish book of gifts; victories of the swiss navy; italian war heroes; and victories of the ukie army.
wait a moment 1200 afu tanks lost, but how many trained tank crews were wiped out? it takes 6 months to train new tank crews and how many brainwashed kamikaze will board these driving coffins? with the latest rf drone and artillery tactics you have to film the last video for your mother first💣🔥💣
tank crew training in ukraine consists of a week’s worth of verbal drills of ‘righty tighty, lefty loosey, to make sure they know how to secure the hatch. that’s why eventually the ukrainians themselves started calling them hohocookers because under fire, they forgot how to loosen the hatch and escape. later on, they abandoned the training altogether, after observing far too many abandoned their tanks before even engaging the enemy.
i’ve heard they stuff recruits snatched fresh off the streets in them, weld the hatches shut, then have them drive around in circles hoping to draw enemy fire.
errrr but the aussie abrams weren’t sunk with the ship destroyed days earlier?
the article says that “the majority” of the 49 promised have been delivered. that leaves room for 24 to be at the bottom of the black sea.
now putin has no excuses for not taking kiev soon.
be sure to send him a memo.
have you been to kiev? russia will never storm this city because of the civillian population and because it is just huge and full of russian history. but surely you khazars would just love that. the ukrainians have to come to their senses and overthrow the kiev regime themselves.
the pace is accelerating.
“busification” is the straw that will break the camel’s back. co ordinates of the “recruitment centres” are being fed to russia by ukrainians.
they wont overthrow the khazars they will probably create a new myth that the ukrianians were khazars subjugated by the rus all happy become jews “again” well the central ukrainians that is the eastern will be russia and the western banderists will nope out of a jewish state.
lost in area of suja town together with 76000 nazist pigs. same results after notorious counter-offensive of pigmen. in average they are losing 1-2 tanks a day, many days with zero result. suja – 10-12 and up to 28 as record. same rate for ifvs.
the aussie abrams were en route to ukraine in the black sea when they had a friendly meeting with a russian submarine, and they got on so well they decided to join them in the water.
to be fair, i think tanks are becoming increasingly obsolete in modern warfare. between atgms, drones, air power, and artillery, a tank is just a big juicy target. back in ww2, for most of the war you just had to worry about other tanks, and big guns.
britain and germany have plenty of tank brigades. they just don’t have any tanks.
so are the russians salvaging destroyed ukie tanks? or recycling just the metal? that’s gotta be some excellent steel. less energy to remelt and mold(?).